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PubMed1992

Estimating trauma centre workload.

To estimate the volume of major trauma seen in the UK in the light of the recent report from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, all publications relating to UK trauma practice published since the report were analysed. Major trauma represents one in every 1000 accident and emergency department attendances on average. Although this is less than in the USA, the severity of injury is at least equivalent to North American practice.

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PubMed1992

Different systems, different costs? An examination of the comparability of workload measurement systems.

This study examines the equivalence of the hours of care estimates of four patient classification/workload measurement systems. Although the hours of care estimates of the systems were similar, differences between the estimates could be as great as 4.53 hours per day for the same patient. The researchers developed relational statements that made hours of care estimates equivalent for all systems studied. System differences can have a profound impact on nursing unit and department budgets, if not adjusted.

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PubMed1992

[Physiological and hygienic substantiation of the resting time for transportation workers in the mining industry in relation to the workload and meteorological conditions].

Heat status was examined in machine open-cast mine extracting workers of Armenia to establish the prophylactic measures against overheating for optimal thermal status of the body. At the end of the working shift during the warm season machine workers showed the strain of heat status demonstrated the necessity of the additional 20 minutes rest after the 2nd trip during the warm season. Traditional drinks can be recommended to compensate for marked loss of moisture.

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PubMed1992

Physiological reaction to workload in women performing manual or mental work.

The aim of our study was to evaluate the reaction of the circulatory system on work with various levels of physical and mental load. The examinations were carried out at a department store in two groups of women: 20 cashiers (mental work) and 53 saleswomen (physical work). There were no statistically significant differences in age, duration of employment or physical fitness between those groups. Work at this department store was performed on a two-shift system with irregular rotations. The psychic load was evaluated as a relation between subjective estimation of work demands and the ability to cope with them. Physical effort was measured as an energy expenditure during work. Cardiovascular reaction was expressed by heart rate during work, leisure time and sleep estimated according to the 24-hour Holter monitoring method. No statistically significant differences in heart rate were found to exist between cashiers and saleswomen. This, taking into account the much higher energy expenditure in saleswomen, suggests that mental effort is likely to affect heart rate. In fact, mean values of subjective assessment of work demands in cashiers were much higher (5.1) than in saleswomen (4.4), unlike the evaluation of the ability to cope with them, which points to the occurrence of a significant psychic load in the work of cashiers. A lower difference between maximum and minimum frequencies of heart rate in cashiers in comparison with saleswomen confirmed this observation, although it might have resulted from different levels of physical activity during work.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed2004

[Covert infection of severe acute respiratory syndrome in health-care professionals and its relation to the workload and the type of work].

OBJECTIVE: To study severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) covert infection in health-care professionals and its relation to work intensity and type of work. METHODS: Specific antibodies to SARS virus in 1 127 serum specimens from health-care professionals who had a close contact history with patients of SARS and 92 healthy persons were assayed with ELISA. RESULTS: The health-care professionals consisted of 287 men and 840 women, aged 21 - 55 years (mean 34 +/- 9 years). The overall positive rate of specific IgG and IgM was 2.57% (29/1 127); the positive rates in nurses, doctors and laboratory workers, and supervisors were 3.46%, 1.41%, 2.86%, respectively. 34.5% of the infected worked in the ICU, and 65.5% in the general wards. None of them presented clinical SARS. Medical examination was also carried out for 313 people who had close contact with the 29 antibody positive health care professionals, but no clinical SARS was found. CONCLUSIONS: Covert infection can be found in the health-care professionals and it showed no contagiousness. The positive rate of specific antibodies was higher in ICU where the work intensity was higher. The positive rate in nurses was higher than in doctors.

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